Twelve Men Die In Santa Fe Wreck Near Sheffield
Kansas City, Oct. 20. Twelve passengers were killed and about thirty injured when Santa Fe No. 1 derailed one mile east of Sheffield, Missouri, while traveling from Chicago to Los Angeles. Spreading rails caused the crash. wrecking trains and surgeons dispatched. Victims include mail clerks and a baggage man. the train left Chicago last night. Names of the dead and injured listed from Anderson Indiana to Chicago and Kansas City.
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Sheffield
St. Joseph and University Hospitals
Pasengers
Chicago
Los Angeles
W M Berry Dies Sunday Civil War Veteran Spent Life in Missouri
W M Berry, a Civil War veteran, died Sunday. He spent his life in central Missouri, leaving a lasting local footprint.
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Missouri
Death of William M Berry Civil War veteran and Sedalia resident
William M Berry 72 a Civil War veteran and long time Sedalia resident died Sunday at 8 am after two years of paralysis at his home 1219 East Third street He leaves a widow and eleven children two marriages and is buried in Dresden after a 10 am funeral at the Dresden Baptist church with interment in Dresden city cemetery.
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Dresden
William M. Berry
Sedalia
East Third Street
Boonville
Boonsborough
Milton D. Berry
Seventh Missouri Infantry
John F. Phillips
Lamonte
Pettis County
Laura E. May
Knob Noster
Sallie E. Hainline
Frank Berry
Sprague
W. C
George M
V. A
H. O. Berry
Lee Warren
Beulah
Blanche
Flossie Berry
Baptist Church
Unidentified Passengers Listed in Chicago Baggage Case
James Seymour of Richmond Missouri and John McGregor of Fort Madison Iowa are named in connection with a baggage matter. J F Capps of Chicago is also listed. William Harrison, described as a negro porter, is tied to Chicago. Other persons remain unidentified.
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James Seymour
Richmond
John McGregor
Fort Madison
J. F. Capps
Chicago
Baggage Mat
William Harrison
Wentworth and Kemper to clash in Thanksgiving game
Wentworth Military academy captain H M Peck and Kemper Military school representative R A Johnston visited Sedalia to arrange ad contracts for the annual football clash to be held at Liberty park on Thanksgiving day. Last year the contest at Marshall drew strong interest and this year both teams are said to be in good form having won most games, with Wentworth’s only loss to Kansas State University freshmen. Excursion trains will bring a large crowd from Sedalia and nearby areas for the championship matchup.
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H. M. Peck
Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington
R. A. Johnston
Kemper Military School
Boonville
Sedalia
Liberty Park
Marshall
Wentworth
Kansas State University
Y M C A Committee Meeting Plans Convention Work
O W Stanley chairman of the Y M C A entertainment committee led a large portion of the committee in a discussion of upcoming convention work at the First Christian church. He also coordinated with city ministers at the Alliance meeting and urged cooperation. The executive committee planned a 8 o clock meeting at the First Christian church.
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O. W. Stanley
First Christian Church
Mr. Stanley
Alliance
Sedalia Ouster Pleas Granted With Pleading Deadline
In the Sedalia vs. Railway and Electric case the city seeks forfeiture of the franchise. Judge Hoffman granted the defendants until December 1 to plead by consent of the plaintiff. Similar dispositions were made in the Sedalia Gas and Fuel company and Union Trust company trustee proceedings.
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City of
Sedalia
Railway and Electric Company
Hoffman
Circuit Court
Sedalia Gas and Fuel Company
Union Trust Company
Snow Dusts Kansas City in Early Season Flurry
The first snow of the season fell in Kansas City today and melted almost as quickly as it came down.
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Kansas City
Sunnyside schoolhouse auction fuels Cedar township benefit
An entertainment and box social at Sunnyside schoolhouse in Cedar township north of Sedalia drew strong crowds. Miss Lucile McVey of Sedalia named prettiest attendee as Col. C. J. Hieronymus led the box auction, with proceeds of 35 dollars earmarked for a new organ.
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Sunnyside
Cedar Township
Sedalia
Lucile McVey
Col
C. J. Hieronymus
Col. Hieronymus
Massacre Threats Rise as Polish unrest spreads
Scripps-McRae reports from St. Petersburg on October 30 noting no major events overnight while indicating revolutionists are poised to massacre Jews in Rostoff with plunder and injuries. Warsaw revolts grow as socialists drive strikes. banks close and peasant actions threaten countryside property.
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Empire
Rostoff
Warsaw
Poland
Naval officers attacked near Nanking in pheasant hunt
Rear Admiral Train and his son Lieutenant Train, shooting near Nanking, were attacked by villagers after disarming the officers. Marines sent to aid were forced to fire on the mob as Chinese officials refused to return the weapons. Nanking has strong anti American sentiment.
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Admiral Train
Nanking
All Saints Day Observed at Calvary Church Ceremony
All Saints Day is observed as a major feast with services at Calvary church. Tuesday Halloween choral vespers at 4 30 p m and Wednesday Holy Communion at 7 a m and 10 a m followed by cemetery grave decorations. Edmund A Neville.
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All Saints
Episcopal Church
Calvary Church
Hallowe’en
Edmund A. Neville
Primitive Christianity offers solution to domestic and social woes
Rev. Rudy spoke at First Christian church on divorce and restoration through primitive Christianity. He argued Jesus as second Adam restores Edenic peace, urged enthroning Christ in heart to end social discord, and promised future talks on causes of divorce next Sunday night.
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Rudy
Jesus Christ
Adam
Eden Garden
God
Man
Temptation
Jesus
Eden
Gethsemann
Spurgeon
Son of
Abraham Lincoln
Moses
Thomas Jefferson
Heaven
Ordered to Leave Town by Sedalia Chief Love
Sedalia officials order Emett Mett Hardin and his wife to depart the city citing public safety concerns. The move follows reports from residents and local law enforcement about disturbances tied to the couple. Hardin plans to appeal the eviction with local counsel.
Woman Charged With Conducting Resort on Main Street
Bessie Hardin wife of Emmett Hardin faced police court this morning on a charge of conducting a house for immoral purposes on Main Street. Judge Truxel set a hearing for tomorrow after Hardin refused to plead until her attorney could appear. The chief demanded a plea, but the judge granted a continuance.
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Truxel
Love
Bessie
Sedalia
Hardin
West Main Street
Mystery of Boston suitcase murder identified chorus girl
Susan Geary a 22 year old Cambridge resident and chorus girl known as Ethel Durrell was identified as the victim. Morris Nathan an assistant manager was arrested in Pittsburg and police believe a physician who performed the operation may be found soon. The case centers on dismembered remains recovered from two suitcases near the Charles River and linked to the Shepherd King company.
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Susan Geary
Nathan
Boston
Mass
Main Street
Cambridge
Charles River
Ethel Durrell
Shepherd King Company
Pittsburg
Morris Nathan
Miss Geary
Lowell
Geary
Parker Injured in Saloon Stabbing Now Hospitalized
Oscar Parker, a colored man, was moved from the county jail to the city hospital Sunday after a two week old fight with John Fisher at the Star saloon. Parker is reading feverish with a wound on his left side. blood poisoning was feared but he has improved. Fisher was arrested and jailed. if Parker dies Fisher faces murder charges.
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Oscar Parker
John Fisher
Star
Parker
Shirk
Man Fisher
Fisher
Morris Nathan Arrested in Boston Case Link
Morris Nathan was arrested in Pittsburg on advice from Boston police. He was to wed Susan Geary, the chorus girl whose body was identified as the dismembered victim found in two suitcases in Boston.
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Pittsburg
Morris Nathan
Boston
Susan Geary
American Murder Linked to Mexican Guide
News from Hermosillo region reports American mining engineer John Oden killed six miles from Hermosillo by a Mexican guide hired to escort him to the mines. The case draws swift attention as authorities investigate the motive and duties of the guide.
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feRae Press Association
San Francisco
Cal
John Oden
Hermosillo
Mexico
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Anderson
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Canton
O.J
St. Charles Crawford
Atchison, Kan
W. F. Bloom
Lockport
George Kines
Buffalo
Mattie Donald
Mail Cle
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W. M. Berry
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Y. M. C. A. Committee
Charlie Heliconymus
Miss McVey
Scripps-McRae Press Association
St. Petersburg
United States
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Count Cassini
Madrid
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